Comparison

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin vs BLEASS Delay

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin

This audio plugin acts as a noise gate for digital audio workstations, allowing users to suppress unwanted background noise from microphones or instruments. It offers fine-grained control over attack, release, and hold times, along with filtering to remove hum and hiss, ensuring subtle sounds are preserved.

Highlights
  • AUv3 compatible plugin
  • Suppresses background noise
  • Controllable attack, release, and hold
  • High and low pass filtering
  • Preserves subtle sounds
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This is an AUv3 compatible noise gate which can be used as a plugin with your favourite DAW such as Cubasis, Meteor, GarageBand or Auria. Anyone working in a live recording environment whether that be with a microphone or a high gain guitar effects will feel the need to suppress unwanted noise. This gated noise gate allows you to suppress any background noise over a specified level by a chosen suppression amount. This allows subtle sounds to still be heard as opposed to the brick wall approach. The effect has controllable attack, release and hold times as well as high and low pass filtering to eliminate main hum and hiss. This is one of a series of AUv3 compatible plugins available from 4Pockets;

About

BLEASS Delay

Enhance your audio mixes with a versatile delay and echo effect. This tool offers deep control over sound character with integrated frequency shifting and dual filters. Create dynamic soundscapes and classic modulation effects with its three LFOs.

Highlights
  • Adds depth and movement to mixes
  • Integrated frequency shifter
  • Dual filter for sound control
  • Three LFOs for modulation
  • Creates chorus and flanging effects
  • Generates soundscapes and effects
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BLEASS Delay is the ideal tool for adding depth, movement and interest to your mixes. Whatever style of music you produce and whatever instruments you work with, its versatility and ease of use help you achieve perfect results with the minimum of fuss. Echoes are just the starting point. The integrated frequency shifter and dual filter give you deep control over the character and sound of every repeat, so you can achieve with a single plugin sound effects that would otherwise require a complete plugin stack and complex routing. BLEASS Delay also includes three LFOs, one each for the delay engine, the frequency shifter and the filters. As well as classic modulation effects such as chorus and flanging, these dedicated LFOs are ideal for creating exciting sound effects and epic, constantly-shifting soundscapes. FEATURES • Delay time synced to your host tempo (note values, including triplets) or set freely in milliseconds • Ping Pong mode with adjustable stereo width • Frequency shifter applied cumulatively to each repeat • Low pass and high pass filters: drag on the graph to set cutoff and resonance • Three LFOs, each with depth, rate and stereo phase offset up to ±180° • Feedback from a single echo to infinite repeats • Dry/Wet control • Preset manager with factory and user presets, plus a preset generator • Clear single-screen interface on iPad and iPhone WORKS WHERE YOU MAKE MUSIC BLEASS Delay is an AUv3 plugin. Load it in GarageBand, Logic Pro, AUM, Drambo, Koala Sampler, Loopy Pro or any other AUv3-compatible host. Your saved presets are available in all your hosts. A standalone app is also included. BLEASS Delay is also available for macOS, Linux and Windows (VST3 / AU / AAX). More information at www.bleass.com/delay

Screenshots

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin2 screens
BLEASS Delay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BLEASS Delay at every 8 months against Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's every 42 months. BLEASS Delay also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (51 vs 4). Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin costs $5.99 and BLEASS Delay $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BLEASS Delay holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BLEASS Delay has 51 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin's written reviews are positive against 81% of BLEASS Delay's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 42 months, BLEASS Delay every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin versus BLEASS Delay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoise Gate AUv3 PluginBLEASS Delay
Price$5.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.5 (4 ratings)4.7 (51 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better81.3% of reviews
Number of ratings451 — better
Update frequencyEvery 42 monthsEvery 8 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer4Pockets.comBLEASS

Customer experience

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BLEASS Delay

All ratings51 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.8%

In-app purchases

None

Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin

No in-app purchases

None

BLEASS Delay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin free?
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BLEASS Delay free?
BLEASS Delay costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or BLEASS Delay?
BLEASS Delay is rated higher. Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while BLEASS Delay averages 4.7 from 51 ratings.
Do Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or BLEASS Delay have ads?
Neither Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin nor BLEASS Delay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin or BLEASS Delay?
Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin ships an update every 42 months, and BLEASS Delay every 8 months. Most recently, Noise Gate AUv3 Plugin was updated on November 2, 2026 and BLEASS Delay on November 6, 2026.

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